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Taste of ‘Highland Arts’ Comes to Farmers Market

Seniors at a local charter school this week debuted their senior project, an arts festival at the Old L.A. Farmers Markets on Marmion Way in Highland Park. The event,... Read more »

Roosevelt Plan Will Consolidate Small Schools

After hours of taxing discussions regarding the future of Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights, a committee representing the school’s seven small schools this... Read more »

City of Vernon Takes Steps To Double Number of Residents

Continuing to respond to past criticism that the city had no real electorate and was therefore ripe for corruption, Vernon this week took another step toward making... Read more »

Commerce Council Candidates Zone In On Local Economy

Nestled along the 5 and 710-Freeways, the City of Commerce already has a casino, a popular outdoor shopping mall and a strong industrial base that are the envy of... Read more »

Montebello Collects Ideas for Bike Lane Study

The existing marked bike lanes in Montebello, highlighted in orange, are located near The Shops at Montebello and near Atlantic Blvd. (METRO) Over a dozen bicyclists... Read more »

Gone: Famed Co-Owner of El Tepeyac Succumbs to Cancer

Manuel Rojas with his daughter, Elena, outside El Tepeyac restaurant in Boyle Heights in May 2010. (Erik Sarni Exclusive to EGP) “Is it true? Did Manny Rojas die?” ... Read more »

Monterey Park Celebrates Year of the Snake

(EGP photo by Nancy Martinez) “Happy New Year” was heard throughout the streets of Downtown Monterey Park last weekend at the city’s Lunar New Year Festival,... Read more »

Plan Will Demolish Soto Street Bridge, Rework Traffic

(El Sereno Historical Society) A project to demolish the Soto Street Bridge that links El Sereno, Boyle Heights and Lincoln Heights to improve traffic flow is picking... Read more »

Molina Accuses Sheriff of Shortchanging Unincorporated Areas

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday directed the county’s  chief executive officer to work with staff to determine the feasibility of allowing... Read more »

Judge Orders Transfer of Cultural Center

A famed Boyle Heights community landmark that once served as a non-profit cultural and civic institution for Mexican immigrants is now in the hands of a community-based... Read more »

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